Khimaira specialises in creative and solution focused passenger seating design, cost-efficient assembly and high-quality components as well as high-standard upholstery, polyurethane padding and furnishing component production.
Vision 2020
To be the most popular partner in seat subcontracting, special seats as well as upholstery and seat solutions.
Mission
To solve our customers’ changing and demanding questions and problems regarding seating manufacturing by flexible design and manufacturing, as well as high-standard customer service.
Foci of the strategy
The production process, quality, logistics, subcontracting network, recognisability & flexible production.
Our strengths
Khimaira specialises in creative and solution focused passenger seating design, cost-efficient assembly and high-quality components as well as high-standard upholstery, polyurethane padding and furnishing component production.
The company’s modern production facility is located on the southwestern coast of Finland in Kalanti, Uusikaupunki. Khimaira Ltd. delivers seating in Finland and elsewhere in Europe. Over half of our production is exported. A flexible team production, experienced professionals and good connections have convinced prominent automotive and boat manufacturers to choose Khimaira Ltd. as their seating supplier.
Quality is a core value in Khimaira’s operation. Read more about our certificates.
Glimpses of our history
Khimaira’s roots are in the automotive industry. The factory originally operated as Valmet Automotive’s seat factory in Uusikaupunki, Finland. Valmet Automotive decided to outsource the seat manufacturing and sold the factory to Lear Seating in the early 1990’s. A Couple of years after the transaction Lear Seating decided to move the production away from Finland. The new and current company, Khimaira, was founded in 1994 by Olli Nurmilo, Pekka Poskiparta, Taisto Lehti and Pertti Pouru. Khimaira has ever since helped its customers with seat manufacturing and upholstery components. Our current CEO Mikko Poutanen has been running Khimaira since 2014 and is the majority shareholder of the company.
The largest and most influential customers in our history in terms of business stability have been Volvo Bussar, Valmet Automotive, Solifer and Finnair. Today our biggest clients include Scania and Patria to name but a few.
